Is this a scam??

[John Wilson]

just do a search on the boards and you’ll find your answer

It is a scam though

[David Rogers]

Will probably be a ‘declined’ card or the payment is by Western Union…he’ll overpay you by some stupid amount and try to get you to credit him (by W.U.) as per a typical Nigerian ‘419’ scam.

Always just delete these unless you have time to waste…these is no job…never will be! Some people dedicate all their spare time to baiting the scammers…can be a dangerous tactic.

[Peter Shaw]

Thanks fellas.

I never saw that other thread. Its all the same stuff.

I presumed it was a scam from the start but wasn’t sure how they got their hands on the money. That’s what was interesting me.

Peter

[Peter Dee]

quote Peter Shaw:

Thanks fellas.

I never saw that other thread. Its all the same stuff.

I presumed it was a scam from the start but wasn’t sure how they got their hands on the money. That’s what was interesting me.

Peter

And yet you still quoted for the job???

[Phill Fenton]

quote David Rogers:

Always just delete these unless you have time to waste…these is no job…never will be! Some people dedicate all their spare time to baiting the scammers…can be a dangerous tactic.

David is right – not long after "toying" with these people my spam mail rocketed to such an extent I seriously considered changing my main email address – thankfully it’s tailed off again now – but I do think it’s a mistake to mess with these people – best to ignore them

[Mike Rawlings]

Had something similar a few days ago.
Had an email saying that a person wanted to buy nameplates from us, and would pay by credit card. They also said that they would work out the quantity once they had seen the price.
Adding that together with the broken English… SCAM!
I filed it in the bin.

[Peter Shaw]

quote :

And yet you still quoted for the job???

Yes. I wanted to see what would happen, just for the hell of it.

Peter

[Kate Pollard]

lol just laughed so hard I almost cried, rev bill contacted me a few months ago, I was like yeah what ever but decided to humor him, he wanted 50 banners and wanted me to liase with his courier in Cyprus when I said I would take care of postage myself and the cost all inc would be £30,000 (I know lol) he asked me again to liase with his contact, it was so entertaining o and he couldnt talk on the phone as he was in and out of the office.

He sent a few more emails which I ignored and he finally left me alone.

Was very entertaining thou but wouldnt waste your time :lol1:

[Paul Humble]

Just to forewarn people that these scams are now coming from Ireland too. A customer of mine almost fell foul the other day when a guy in Ireland sent him a £7000 cheque for a 3 grand car.

[David Rowland]

The Rev is now INSPECTOR Jubril Idris Williams! (any relation Karl?), he’s cut the chase and already opened an account for me!

Hi,

how are you today?i hope well in God name Amen.Well we have decided to open an account for you, all you need to do is to follow the instruction properly and credit the fund by yourself.this the best we can do for you so that you start making withdrawal Immediately.thank you and please anything you feel you can give in appreciation for job well done from your heart,i will accept once again contratulation and have a wonderful pleasure in the world.Remember to help the the needy.Below is the information you need to get your money intact and anywhere you do not understand call our director on phone for an explanation or send me email,we are here to assit you.

Below are your Citibank account Details:

Bank Name: Citibank
Account No: 4763673773
Telephone Banking Access code: 39782
Account Balance: US$8,300,000.00

The online account will allow you make a direct transfer of your fund to your local bank account through telephone banking that was activated on it, so what you ought to do now is to follow the simple instructions as you will be advised.

To transfer your funds follow the below instructions:

DAIL OR CALL: +234 803 437 6147
Follow the voice promptly.
ENTER YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER: 4763673773 FOLLOWED BY THE # KEY YOUR TELEPHONE BANKING ACCESS CODE: 39782 ACCOUNT NAME: LOISHERNANDEZ ACCOUNT BALANCE: US$8,300,000.00

Based on your transfer, do not fail to contact Rev Dominique Strauss-kahn (ed: and I thought this was the inspector!) on our 24hrs online service line +234 803 437 6147for any assistance or advice with regards to your transfer.

[Gavin Conway]

I get these spam all the time… It is from people using grab-all email addresses from websites and just send out the spam mail… Strange that some people fall for it!!

[RayRosher]

quote Paul Humble:

Just to forewarn people that these scams are now coming from Ireland too. A customer of mine almost fell foul the other day when a guy in Ireland sent him a £7000 cheque for a 3 grand car.

Paul! What you playing At?
That was me!

And I really needed that Car!

With the leopard skin seats and the 4 bald Tyre’s.
Dodgy mot, Fake Tax.

The Tyre’s would have really looked Great With my hair style…. 🙄 😮

[David Rogers]

Mr John Douglas…

quote :

Good day,

May I have your urgent attention on this matter? I am Mr.John Douglas by name and I happen to be an accountant with Intercontinental bank plc.There’s an urgent business proposal that I would like to share with you, one of my clients deposited the sum of (FIFTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDREDAND FOURTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS) with my bank. On the 4th of May 2002,my,Client, his wife and their three children were involved in a drasticplane crash with his entire family. I have tried to locate theirsurviving relatives, by checked all available public files and embassies,but all my efforts had proved abortive.

TWO WEB LINKS

I would like to have this fund transferred in your care as soon as possible as the relative of this man.So that we can share the fund.
Let me know that you are interested on this deal, so I may feed you with theprocedure and the rest information that you would like to know soon by sending this informations below.

Full Name, Address, Occupation, Nationality, Mobile/phone number, Age,Sex.

I shall be looking forward to hearing from you at my personal email address which.

Best Regards
John Douglas

[David Rowland]

drasticplane crash! theirsurviving relatives!?

he must have got the sticky spacebar keyboard I threw (recycled) away about a year ago.